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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 5479760" data-attributes="member: 65637">The solution, again, is to tie stats to either roleplaying or mechanics - not both.Attributes are a hilariously large new player trap because most people don't want to be super super specialized, they want a character who's a bit good at most things, maybe not so hot at one thing, and a little better at a different thing.  Meanwhile the game itself wants you to be super super specialized.It's not even a point buy vs rolled things.  If there's any choice at all, the game rewards super specialization.  If you roll your stats, the fighter is still strongly encouraged to make strength high and intelligence low - because he gets no reward for having a high intelligence.If stats only effects your character's roleplaying, or honestly effects anything that's not your combat (similar to I believe Mutants and Masterminds) then players can make the character they want without feeling like the mechanics are hamstringing them for it.  If the stats only effect your in-combat capabilities then players can roleplay however they want, though this honestly isn't my favorite answer.Really I think the best answer is to divorce the attributes from combat.</blockquote>